My resilience keynote to the Nurse Anesthesia Annual
Conference on Sunday started with a story.
I sat next to a soldier on my flight to Salt Lake City, who after takeoff
pulled out his phone and started watching a home video. It included scenes of saying good-bye to his
family, arriving in a war-torn land, settling into the barracks, and then short
segments of missions.
The mission segments included travel along dusty roads,
setting up his sniper rifle, and a jumbled mission where things go bad. For two hours, he played the video repeatedly,
always shutting the phone when he got to the jumbled mission. Finally, he put his phone away and just
cried.
I felt his pain and told my audience of nurse anesthetist
they knew his pain, for as pilots of the OR, they also face unavoidable stress,
and are forced to make instant decision that affect the lives of others. Many of us face unavoidable stress and
challenging journeys, but they are our journeys and our futures to energize. Daily resilient practices serve as the fuel
for our life energy.
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